Fare-registering and transfer-ticket printing and issuing device.



N0 791,050. PATENTED MAY 30, 1905. W. D. 0. SMITH.

FARE REGISTERING AND TRANSFER TICKET PRINTING AND ISSUING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1903.

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No. 791,050. PATENTED MAY 30, 1905. W. D. 0. SMITH.

FARE REGISTERING AND TRANSFER TICKET PRINTING ANDISSUING DEVICE.APPLICATION FILED an. a, 1903.

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4 No. 791,050. PATENTED MAY 30,1905.

W. D. 0. SMITH.

FARE REGISTERING AND TRANSFER TICKET PRINTING AND ISSUING DEVICE.APPLICATION FILED JAN 3, 1903.

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PATENTBD MAY 30, 1905.

W. D. 0. SMITH.

FARE REGISTERING AND TRANSFER TICKET PRINTING AND ISSUING DEVICE.

APPLICATION rum) JAN.3,1903.

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FARE-REGISTERING AND TRANSFER-TICKET PRINTING AND lSSUlNG DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 791,050, dated May 30,1905.

Application filed January 3, 1903. Serial No. 137,745.

To (I/M w/mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM D. C. SMITH, acitizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Registeringand Transfer-Ticket Printing and Issuing Devices, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to that class of machines whereby conductors ofpublic conveyances, such as street-cars, register the fares received andprint and issue transfer-tickets good for passage on intersecting lines;and my object is to produce a fare-registering and transfer printing andissuing device from which it is impossible to issue a good transferwithout registering a fare therefor, but by which a fare may beregistered without the issuance of a transfer when desirable.

A further object is to produce a machine of this character simple,compact, strong, light, and durable in construction and which can beconveniently suspended from a strap secured upon the conductor in thecustomary manner.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel and peculiarfeatures of construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and in order that it may be fully understoodreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a front view of a machine constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a section on line II II of Fig. I. Fig. 3 is asection taken substantially on the line III III of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal section taken on the line IV IV of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is avertical section taken substantially on the line V V of Fig. 3. Fig. 6is afront view of the works of the machine removed from the casing. Fig.Tis arear view of the works of the machine removed from the casing. Fig.8 is an inverted plan view of the same with the shield-plate removed.Figs. 9 and 10 are similar sections taken on the line IX X of Fig. 3,but showing certain operative parts in different positions. Fig. 11 is avertical Fig. 13 is a section taken on the line XIII XIII of Fig. 12.Fig. 14 is a section taken on the dotted line XIV of Fig. 3. Fig. 15isahorizontalseetion taken just above the trip-counter mechanism todisclose the keys for returning the trip-counter wheels to their initialpositions.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 designates a sheet-metal casing,preferably of vertical elongated form and equipped at its upper end andinner side with rings 2 for the convenient attachment of the ends of astrap to suspend it from the conductor. At the upper right-hand end ofthe casing from the wearers point of view (and in this connection allreference to right or left will be from the wearers point of view unlessotherwise stated) is a hinged door 3 to give access to the printingmechanism hereinafter described, and said door is normally locked byturn-button I. Diagonally opposite door 3, but of much larger size, is asecond door 5, also normally looked, as at 6 or in any other suitable orpreferred manner, the fastening 6 being of such character that only theofiieeman having charge of the machines can open it. The right-hand sideof the casing is preferably formed with a hollow projection 7 and theupper portion of its front side with a series of perforations 8 topermit the sound of the bell to be more distinctly heard. Below saidperforations is an opening 9 and to the left of the latter an open ing10 for a purpose which hereinafter appears.

The works of the machine are preferably secured in a skeleton frameconsisting of the front wall 11, back wall 12, end walls 13 and 14, andintermediate wall 15, parallel with end. wall 14. \Valls 13, 14, and 15are, in effect, nothing more than small connecting-brackets for walls 11and 12, and wall 13 is provided with a hub portion 16, projectingthrough casing projection Tand forming a bearing for a shaft 17, havinga handle 18 at its outer end and an internal gear 19 at its inner end,said gear having an annular shoulder 20, with diametrically oppositenotches 21, these notches being of the ratchet type, so that they mayreadily pass the gravityilog 22, mounted on wall 13, when moving in thedirection indihated by the arrow a, Fig. 2, but by engagement with saiddog lock the shaft from rotation in the opposite direction.

Master-gear 19 meshes with small gear 23 on longitudinal shaft 24,journaled in cross bars 25 and 26, secured to the'frame.

At its opposite end the shaft has a crank 27 pivotally connected by alink 28 to a reciprocatory frame 29, said frame having a vertical slot30 engaging and guided upon a rib 31 of bracket 32, secured to theframeworlgand said slide-frame 29 also has an upwardly-projecting arm33, engaging a slot 34 in'frame-wall 11 and pivotally carrying on pin adog 36, a spring 37, secured to said pin at one end and the dog at theother, tending to hold the latter so that it shall reliably engage thelug of a bell-clapper 38, the bell-clapper being normally elevated byspring 39, secured at one end to the framework-stud 40, on which theclapper is pivoted, and bearing at its other upon a lug 41 of theclapper. The clapper preferably embodies the resilient or spring portion42 between its body and head 43, so that the latter after striking thebell 44 in the upper part of the frame may rebound easily, and thusenable the bell to ring properly. The dog has a depending curved arm45,which in its downward movement strikes and is operated by pin 46 ofthe framework until its tooth has been disengaged from the lug of theclapper to enable the latter to be instantly raised to its originalposition by spring 39 and ring the bell. The operation of this belloccurs once in each forward revolution of shaft 24, said shaft throughthe gearing described making one revolution to each half-revolution ofthe handle.

Secured to wall 11 of the frame and exposed to View through opening 9 ofthe casing and an opening of the framework which registers with opening9 is a device 47 for registering the total number of fares rung up bythe conductor. This register being of wellknown construction is notdetailed and is operated by having its shaft 47, equipped with a'slottedcrank-arm 48, engaging a pin 49, projecting from the slide-frame 29. Bythis construction it will be apparent after referring to Figs. 9 and 1 0that with each revolution of the crank-shaft crank-arm 48 is firstdepressed and then restored to its original position, this actionserving to count one fare registered, and in this connection it willalso be noticed by reference to said figures that the above effect isaccomplished without regard to the direction of rotation of shaft 24. Inother words, the register counts and the bell is rung with eachrevolution made by shaft 24 when turned forward and each half-revolutionbackward, dog 22 and notches 21 preventing further backward movement.

As it is frequently important or desirable to count the fares rung up oneach trip or part thereoffor instance, where a street-car operates intwo cities controlled by different mu nieipal bodiesI have provided whatI term a trip-counter for counting the fares received for a single tripor part thereof, the same consisting of a pair of wheels 50 51, shown inthis instance as adapted to count as high as ninety-nine, (99,) theformer being a units and the latter a tens wheel. The shaft 52, on whichthese wheels are journaled, is provided with ratchet-wheels 53 and 54,each having ten notches, one notch of wheel 53 being a deep notch. Adog55 is bifurcated to fit over the washer 56 between the ratchetrwheelsand has its tooth for engagement with ratchetwheel 53 longer than thatfor wheel 54 by at least the depth of an ordinary notch, so thatordinarily the operation of the dog rotates the units-wheel only. On thetenth step, howeverthat is, when said wheel returns from 9 to 0the longtooth drops into the deep notch of ratchet-wheel 53 and the other toothdrops into a notch of its ratchet-wheel, so that both wheels turntogether, the unitswheel exposing its 0? and the tens-wheel its 1through the opening 10 and the registering opening of the framework.(See Fig. 6.) As the method of totalizing by a series of wheels is oldand as the particular mechanism I have briefly described is also old,the same has not been illustrated to any extent in detail outside ofFig. 11.

The dog 55 is pivotally carried by aswinging frame consisting of a pairof connected arms 57, pivoted on the shaft 58, one arm carrying the dog,as shown in Fig. 11, and the other and longer arm having a pin-and-slotconnection, as at 59, with the vertical slideframe 29, the wall 15having a vertical slot 60 to enable said parts to be thus connectedtogether, because they are located on opposite sides of said wall. Thedog is pressed yieldingly against the ratchet-wheels by means of aspring 61, secured to the framework and shaft 58.

It will be seen from the drawings, taken in connection with the abovedescription, that with each revolution of shaft 24 this tripcounterregisters one, (1,) and in order that it may be reset by the conductorat the end of the trip wheels 50 and 51 are each provided with akey-wheel 62, meshing with an'idle cog-wheel 63, suitably jou-rnaled inthe path of the permanent keys 64, said keys consisting simply of ashaft 65 having a tooth 66 at its inner end and a pivoted handle 67 atits outer end, the handle being-adapted to hang pendently when notgrasped by the conductor for the purpose of rotating the wheels arounduntil they both present 0 with their print ing mechanism to theobserver.

Arranged horizontally between the bell and the counter mechanism is asheet-metal partition 68, the same extending from a point contiguous tothe hinge ofdoor 5 about half way to the other side of the casing, andbelow the counting mechanism and the shaft 24 is a shield 69, which ispreferably formed integral with the partition 68 and connected to thesame by the vertical portion 70, the shield 69 being to prevent thetransfer-roll '71, should it become unwound or partially unwound fromany cause, from coming in contact with the works above described, andthus interfering with the operation of the machine.

The roll of transfer-tickets is in the form of a continuous stripmounted upon a spool 7 2, having its spindles 73 occupying pockets 74 atthe upper ends of guide-tracks '75, secured in any suitable manner tothe internal surface of the front and back sides of the easing for thepurpose of guiding the spindles of the roll to their proper positions insaid casing. The web or strip of the roll extends upwardlybetween thedoor 5 and plate and over horizontal partition 68, being held flatlyupon said plate by the superposed sheet-metal partition 76, having anupwardly-projecting arm 77 secured to the framework as shown or in anyother suitable manner. Partition 76 is substantially L-shaped in planview, (see Fig. 4,) with the stem portion projecting beyond thepartition 68 and underlying a pin 78, projecting from wall 11 of theframe, and beyond and in about the same plane as said stem is aguide-plate 70, provided with openings S0, 81, and 82 and having itsright-hand end occupying the exit-opening 83 of the casing and forming acutting edge on which the transfer-tickets as issued are severed fromthe body of the web, the casing being formed with an inwardly-projectingtongue 84 to assist in guiding and holding the web in its properrelation to the guide and cutter plate, as plate 70 is hereinaftertermed.

Secured rigidly on shaft 2 1 is a segmental plate 85, adapted as long asshaft 241 is turned forwardly to press against a crosspin 86, rigidlyconnecting two bevel gears 87 88, journaled upon the shaft, and turnsaid gears at the same speed as the shaft, but which may be turnedbackward one-half a revolution, so as to operate the register andtrip-counter and ring the bell without turning said bevelgears. Tooperate said counters and bell, the conductor simply turns the handleback a quarter of a revolution, which effects the objects mentioned,then turns it forward again the same distance, then backwardone-quarter, and so on, repeating these operations for each cash farereceived where the passenger does not desire a transfer.

\Vhere the passenger desires a transfer, the handle must invariably beturned forward a half-revolution, and in each movement the segmentalplate 85 by pressure against crosspin 86 rotates said gear-wheels onerevolution, as hereinbefore stated, gear 87 in turn rotating thebevel-gear 89 and. its rigidlyconnected but larger mutilated gear 90 anequal distance, these last-named gears 89 and 90 being secured to ashort shaft journaled in wall 11 and bearing-bracket 91, secured to wall12 of the framework, the inner end of bearing-bracket 91 being sleeved,as at 92, upon shaft 2 1 that the latter may serve as a support for thebracket and shaft journaled therein.

Themutilated gear 90 meshes with the similar but smaller gear 93, havingone tooth less than the larger gear and having one blank tooth 94forengagement with the longer blank tooth 95 of the large gear, thearrangement being such that the mutilated gear makes ahalf-revolution-viz., while its blank tooth 95 is in engagement withblank tooth 9a of wheel 93*without operating the last-named wheel, thelast half-revolution of the wheel 90 cansing said wheel 93 to make acomplete revolution. As the result of this it will be seen that thesectional feed-roller 96, secured rigidly on the same shaft as wheel 93,makes its full revolution on the second quarter of each half-turn of thehandle, the transfer-web of course moving as said feed-roller moves,because it is held upon the latter by the sectional tension-roller 97,said roller engaging the paper through the openings 80 81 of the guideand cutter plate. The tension-roller is secured on a shaft 98, journaledin slots 99 in the front and back walls of the casing and heldyieldingly depressed by means of spring 100, encircling a guide-rod 101and hearing at its lower end against the head of said rod and at itsupper end against the cross-bar 102 of the frame through which said rodprojects. (See Fig. 3.)

To eliminate any possibility of slippage, the periphery of thefeed-roller is roughened in any suitable manner (not shown) and theperiphery or tread of the tension-roller is of rubber, as at 103.

Gear-wheel 88, which rotates always in the forward movement of thehandle, but is unaffected by backward motion thereof, meshes with asimilar bevel-gear 104: of a short shaft 105, journaled at one end inwall 12 and its opposite end in a bracket 106, sleeved, and therebysupported, upon shaft 2 1 at its inner end and secured at its oppositeend to framewall 11, as shown in Fig. 8. On the outer side of wall 12 asmall cog-wheel 107 is rigidly secured on shaft and through the mediumof the idle gear 108 operates a similar-sized cogwheel 109, rigidlymounted on a sleeve 110, journaled on a shaft 111, which forms a supportfor the bell, the inner end of said shaft being secured to a bracket112, projecting from the wall 11 of the frame, as shown in Fig. 6.

Rigidly secured upon-the opposite end of sleeve 110 and between the belland framewall 12 is a printing mechanism, constructed as follows: 113designates plates secured rigidly on the sleeve and provided with aseries of peripheral lugs, two sets of which are connected rigidlytogether bya brace 114. J on rnaled.

in two other sets are short shafts 115 and 116, the former havingmetallic type-faces 117, representing A. M., M, and P.M., if desired,and the latter type-faces 118, representing the four points of thecompass, N., E., W., and S. Atitsinner end each shaft is provided with ahandle 119, having concaved faces corresponding by preference to thenumber of different type-faces, so that the arms of a spring 120,secured to the contiguous plate 113, may serve to hold the typecarryingshafts against accidental rotation, the conductor by opening door 3having access to them for the purpose of turning said shafts, andthereby presenting the proper type for the printing of the ticket, aswill be readily understood. Some distance rearward of typeshaft 116 withreference to the direction of rotation (see Figs. 7 and 12) said platesare provided with two type-blocks 121, permanently secured as far as theconductor is concerned, though capable of removal or replacement withproper tools, one of these type-plates representing the number of thecar and the other the day of the month. For the purpose of printing thetime of the issue of the transfer-ticket the plates 113 are connected bythe cross-bar 122, arranged between faces 117 118, and extending oversaid bar is a pair of rubber belts 123, one containing figuresrepresenting the hours and the other figures representing the fractionsthereof, the fractions customarily used being one-fourth, or fifteenminutes. The belts embrace the inwardlyprojecting flanges 124 of a pairof serrated disks 125, frictionally journaled upon sleeve 110, so thatthe belts may be adjusted independently of each other, this beingeffected by the operator grasping the serrated portion of the disks andturning them, and in order toeliminate any considerable friction betweenthe edges of the belts the sleeve 110 is provided with a central flange126 of slightly greater diameter than disk flanges 124:, as shown inFigs. 12 and 13. The arrangement of the parts is such that when theshaft-handle 18 is horizontal the foremost type-block with respect toits direction of rotation is above and past its axis of movement,substantially as shown in Fig. 7. The result is that, in turning thehandle one quarter-revolution, the printing-wheel moves almost its fullhalfrevolution before the first type-block engages the transferweb, itbeing also understood that through the medium of the mutilated gearinghereinbefore described the transferweb does not begin to feed until thehandle has been turned a quarter-revolution. It will therefore be seenthat the transfer-web begins to move forward just about the time thefirst type-block presents itself thereto.

In the revolution of the printing-roller its outwardly-presented typesuccessively engage the inking-roll 127 in frame 128, depending fromshaft 129, journaled in the front and back walls of the framework, aspring 130, mounted on said shaft and secured at its opposite ends inone of a series of holes 131 in the frame-wall 12, and frame 128,serving to hold the roller with a yielding pressure in the path of saidtype, the remaining holes 131 being provided for engagement on the partof said spring in case it is necessary to increase the tension of saidroller, as will be readily understood. The platen against which thetypeblocks force the transfer-web in making their imprint thereon is inthe form.of a rubbertread roll 132, located between partition 68 andguide and cutter plate 79, with its upper surface in about the plane ofthe former. It is mounted rigidly on the forward half of a transverseshaft 133, journaled at its ends in openings (one only of which appears,see Fig. 6) in the frame, which are slightly vertically elongated, andholding the platen end of the shaft upward with a yielding pressure is aspring 134, secured at one end to the rear wall 12 of the framework andat its opposite end terminating in an upwardly-disposed hook 135,engaging the lower side of the shaft. (See Fig. 7.)

The relative arrangement of the feed and printing mechanisms is suchthat the latter part of the revolution of the latter prints the numberof the register and the day of the month on that portion of thetransfer-web to be issued on the next operation of the handle, so thateach transfer-ticket that is issuedand in this connection it should bestated that the length of such ticket corresponds to the circumferenceof the feed-rollerbears upon its front portion the number of theregister and the day of the month and upon its rear portion thedirection, N., E, W., or 8., in which the train was moving at the timeof issue, the time of such issue, and .A. M., M., or P. M.,accordinglyas it was issued in the morning, at noon, or in the afternoon orevening, it being understood, of course, that other matter may beprinted on the ticket by properly equipped printing mechanism, though itis preferred that the other matter customarily found on transfer-ticketsshall be printed in the regular way on the web before it is formed intoa roll.

From the mechanism described it will be apparent that with each forwardhalf-turn of the handle a complete transfer-ticket is projected throughthe opening 83 of the casing, the conductor instantly severing it fromthe web along the edge of the guide and cutter plate 79 in an obviousmanner. It will also be apparent, by reason of the fact that the shaft24 may be rotated backward a quarter of a revolution, then forward thesame distance, and that this manipulation may be continued indefinitely,that fares may be registered by the conductor without the issuance of atransfer. To prevent the issuance of the IIO latter without registeringa fare, I provide the following mechanism: 136 designates a sleevejournaled on shaft 133 between the platen thereon and the opposite framewall and provided with an arm 137, projecting to the right over andbeyond the shaft of the feed-roller, and said arm is provided with astar-wheel 138 and with a depending lug 139, adapted to be engaged andelevated by the cam 140 of the feed-roller shaft, this elevation of thearm projecting the star-wheel up into the guide and cutter plate opening82 (see Figs. 3, 4, and 5) and effecting the puncture of the transfer atsuch point and at about the instant the forward movement of the webceases, in which position the star-wheel remains until the nexttransfer-ticket is issued. As the feed-wheel starts to move under thenext operation of the handle cam 140 moves from below lug 139 andpermits the star-wheel arm to drop, as will be readily understood byreference to Fig. 3. It will thus be seen that every transfer issuedcontains two or three small punctures. It will also be understood, asthe elevated position of the star-wheel is its normal position, that itis impossible for the conductor to issue a transfer in the regular wayand then without severing, and thus completing it, draw the web throughthemachine and obtain one or more good transfers, the reason being thatthe elevated star-wheel will perforate the strip in a continuous line,which is evidence that the transfers have not been issued properly, andthe handle not having been turned in their issuance, that fares have notbeen registered therefor. It will also be evident, by reason of the factthat the fare is registered before the movement of the feed-rollerbegins, that the conductor cannot turn the handle 'and the feedmechanism a sulficient distance to permit the star-wheel to drop andthen pull the transfer out by grasping its front end, this cooperativerelation between the register and bell mechanisms and the printing-rolland feed mechanism practically guaranteeing that for every good transferissued a fare must be delivered to the company.

The cooperative relation between the printing mechanism and the registeris also apparent, in that, while the printing-wheel turns with eachforward movement of the handle, still it does not perform its functionuntil after the registration of the fare is effected. Furthermore, thecooperative relation between the printingwheel and the feeding mechanismis obvious, in that, while the wheel makes practically a half-revolutionbe fore the transfer-web begins to move, still it does not engage thetransfer until the movement of the latter begins. In fact, it would beimpracticable for it to do so, as the imprint would not be clear andlegible unless both were moving together. As the accessibility of theprinting-wheel would give the conductor an opportunity to carelesslyturn the printingwheel backward, and thus impart movement of the feedmechanism which would move the web backward from between the feed andtension rollers, I have formed the lug 139 with a stop wall 139. Thiswall engages the straight side of cam 140 and prevents back rotation ofthe latter and of the printing mechanism by the only method of effectingsuch result. (See Fig. 3.)

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced amachine of the character described which embodies the features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of invention andwhich is obviously susceptible of modification as regards its detailconstruction, form, proportion, and arrangement without departing fromits principle and scope or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, anddesire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination ofregistering and ticketprinting mechanisms, a shaft, means whereby therotation of the shaft in one direction shall effect the operation of theregister and the printing of the ticket, and means whereby the reverseoperation of said shaft, shall effect the operation of the registeronly.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination ofregistering and ticket-feeding mechanisms, a shaft, means whereby therotation of the shaft in one direction shall effect the operation of theregister and the feeding of the ticket, and means whereby the reverseoperation of the shaft shall effect the operation of the register only.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a casinghaving an exitopening, fare-registering and transfer-ticketfeedingmechanisms in said casing, a rotatable shaft carried by said casing andgeared to operate said mechanisms, and means for automatically applyinga mark indicative of fraud, on each ticket illegitimately issued throughsaid exit-opening.

at. In a machine of the character described, the combination offare-registering and transfer-ticket-feeding mechanisms, a movableperforator for the transfer-web, and means movable with the feedingmechanism for holding said perforator in the path of the transferweb,until the fare-register has been operated and then permitting saidperforator to be removed from such path.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination offare-registering and transfer-ticket printing and feeding mechanisms, ashaft, and instruinentalities connecting said registering and printingand feeding mechanisms and adapted as the shaft is turned forwardly tooperate the register, and then cause the feeding mechanism to advancethe transfer-web, and the printing mechanism to simultaneously make itsimprint upon the same.

6. In a machine of the character described, the combination offare-registering and transfer-ticket printing and feeding mechanisms,ashaft, instrumentalities connecting said registering and printing andfeeding mechanisms and adapted .as the shaft is turned forwardly tooperate the register, and then cause the feeding mechanism to advancethe transfer-web and the printing mechanism to simultaneously make itsimprint upon the same, and means to destroy the advanced portion ofthetransfer-web if advanced other than by the operation of said shaft.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination offare-registering and transfer-ticket printing and feeding mechanisms, ashaft, instrumentalities connecting said registering and printing andfeeding mechanisms and adapted as the shaft is turned forwardly tooperate the register and then cause the feeding mechanism to advance thetransfer-web and the printing mechanism to simultaneously make itsimprint upon the same, a-movableperforator for the transfer-web, andmeans movable with the feeding mechanism for. holding said perforator inengagement with the web until after the register has been operated.

8. In a machine of the character described, the combination ofregistering, sounder and printing mechanisms, a shaft, means whereby therotation of'the shaft in one direction shall effect the operation of theregister, the sounder and the printing mechanisms, and means whereby thereverse operation of the shaft shall effect the operation of theregister and soundermechanism only.

9. In a-machine of the character described, the combination ofregistering, sounder and feeding mechanisms, a shaft, means whereby therotation of the shaft in one direction shall effect the operation of theregister, the sounder and the feeding mechanism, and

' means whereby the reverse operation 'of the shaft shall effect theoperation of the registe transfer-web unless advanced by the feedingmechanism through the instrumentality of said shaft.

12. In a machine of the character described, the combination of afare-register, a printingwheel, instrumentalities for simultaneouslyoperating the register and the printing-wheel, and type-blocks disposedon the printingwheel so that part of its movement shall be describedbefore said blocks come into contact with the transfer-web and after theregister has been operated.

13. In a machine of the character described, the combination of afare-register, a printingwheel, and a feeding mechanism,instrumentalities for simultaneously operating the register and turningthe printing-wheel part of its distance, and then operating the feedingmechanism to advance the transfer-web, and type-blocks so disposed onthe printing-wheel that they shall engage the transfer only while thelatteris in motion.

14. Ina machine of the character described, the combination offare-registering and transfer-ticket-feeding mechanisms, a movableperforator for the transfer-web, ashaft, means movable with the feedingmechanism for holding said perforator in the path of the transfer-webuntil'after the fare-register has been operated, and means forpreventing movement of the transfer by means of the feeding mechanismexcept when the latter is operated through the instrumentality of saidshaft.

15. In a machine of the character described, the combination o'f'feedingand printing mechanisms, means for operating the same to respectivelyadvance and print the transfer-web, means for effecting the destructionof the advanced portion of the transfer-web if the lat-- portion of thetransfer-web if the latter is ac-.

tuated by other means than that which operates the feeding mechanism,and means movable with the feeding mechanism, for holding saidperforating device in the path of the transfer-web while the feedingmechanism is at rest and for causing such perforating de:

vice to move out of the path of the transferweb when the feedingmechanism is in operation.

17. In a machine of the character described, the combination of afeeding mechanism, a printing mechanism, means for operating the same torespectively advance and print the transfer, a rotary device forperforating the transfer-web, and means to hold said device in the pathof the transfer while the feeding mechanism is at rest.

18. In a machine of the character described, a shaft, a rotary printingand a rotary feeding mechanism, gearing connecting the shaft with theprinting and feeding mechanisms to cause the former to operate with theentire forward movement of the shaft, and the feeding mechanism tooperate with the latter por tion of the shaft movement, means foreffecting the destruction of the advanced portion of the transfer-web ifadvanced other than by the feeding mechanism, and means movable with thelatter to effect the removal of the destruction means from thetransfer-web as the feeding movement begins and to restore it to itsoriginal position as such movement ends.

19. In a machine of the character described, a printing-wheel,comprising a shaft, parallel plates rigid thereon, ty1')e-blocks carriedby said plates, a cross-bar carried by said plates, disks journaled onsaid shaft between said plates and provided with circularinwardlyprojecting flanges and endless typebands frictionally mounted onsaid flanges and extending over said cross-bar.

20. In a machine of the character described, a printing-wheel,comprising a shaft, parallel plates rigid thereon, type-blocks carriedby said plates, one or more of said type-blocks being rotary, andprovided with type at different points, means for yieldingly holdingsaid type-blocks in the desired position, a

I cross-bar carried by said plates, disks journaled on said shaftbetween said plates, and provided with circular inwardly-projectingflanges, and endless type-bands frictionally mounted on said flanges andextending over said cross-bar.

21. In a machine of the character described, a shaft suitably journaledand provided with a segmental plate, a pair of gear-wheels journaled onthe shaft at opposite sides of said plate and provided with a cross-barintersecting the path of movement of said plate.

22. In a machine of the character described, a shaft suitably journaledand provided with a segmental plate, a pair of gear-wheels journaled onthe shaft at opposite sides of said plate and provided with a cross-barintersecting the path of movement of said plate, and a handle geared andadapted in onehalf of a forward revolution to rotate the shaft acomplete revolution in a forward direction.

23. Inamachine of the character described, a shaft suitably journaledand provided with a segmental plate, a pair of gear-wheels journaled onthe shaft at opposite sides of said plate and provided with a cross-barintersecting the path of movement of said plate, a handle geared andadapted in one-half of a forward revolution to rotate the shaft acomplete revolution in a forward direction, and means for preventing thehandle from turning backward more than a quarter-revolution.

24. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a guideand cutter plate provided with openings, guides to advance thetransfer-web below said guide and cutter plate, a rotary feed mechanismabove and below said plate, and engaging the transfer with a yieldingpressure through the openings of said plate, a rotary perforator, andmeans movable with the feed mechanism for normally projecting theperforator up through the transfer and into one of the guide and cutterplate openings.

25. In a machine of the character described, a suitable casing, a rotaryprinting-wheel therein having peripheral type, an inkingroller heldyieldingly in the path of said type, a platen-roller vertically belowthe printingwheel, guides for the transfer-web in the plane of the spacebetween the printing-roller and the platen, a registering mechanism, anda shaft geared to operate the registering and printing wheelrespectively when turned in one direction, and to operate the registeronly when turned in the opposite direction.

26. In a machine of the character described, the combination ofregistering, sounder, transfer-ticket printing and feeding mechanisms,and means connected to said mechanisms in such a manner that whenoperated in one direction, it shall effect the operation of all of themechanisms, but when operated in the reverse direction, it shall effectthe operation only of the register and sounder mechanisms.

27. In a machine of the character described, the combination offare-registering, sounder, and ticket printing and feeding mechanisms, ashaft, means whereby the rotation of the shaft in one direction shalleffect the operation of the register and sounder, and the printing andfeeding or issuing of the ticket, and means whereby the rotation of theshaft in the opposite direction shall effect the operation of theregister and sounder only.

28. In a machine of the character described, the combination ofregistering and ticket feeding or issuing mechanisms, a shaft, meanswhereby the rotation of the shaft in one direction shall effect theoperation of the register and the feeding or issuing of a ticket, meanswhereby the reverse operation of the shaft shall effect the operation ofthe register only, and means for preventing the issuance of a perfecttransfer except when the feeding mechanism is operated by said shaft.

29. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a casinghaving an exitate said mechanisms, and means for automatically applyinga mark indicative of fraud, on each ticket illegitimately issued throughthe exit-opening.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

WILLIAM D. 0. SMITH.

WVitnesses:

H. C. RODGERS, G. Y. THORPE.

